By Cindy Horswell and Heather Alexander

Updated 10:00 am, Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video after the burglary of a 3,000 square foot closet in a Woodlands Mansion.
Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video...

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video after the burglary of a 3,000 square foot closet in a Woodlands Mansion.

Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video...

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video after the burglary of a 3,000 square foot closet in a Woodlands Mansion.
Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video...

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video after the burglary of a 3,000 square foot closet in a Woodlands Mansion.
Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video...

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video after the burglary of a 3,000 square foot closet in a Woodlands Mansion.

Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video...

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video after the burglary of a 3,000 square foot closet in a Woodlands Mansion.
Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video...

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video after the burglary of a 3,000 square foot closet in a Woodlands Mansion.
Photo: Montgomery County Sheriff's Office

Montgomery County authorities have released surveillance video...

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

A spiral staircase brings closet goers down from the third floor fur and hat department to hair and make up.
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

A spiral staircase brings closet goers down from the third floor...

Guests apparently said, "We want to be able to have the party inside the closet." In Roemer's world their wish was her command.
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

Guests apparently said, "We want to be able to have the party...

Tickets to parties in the closet are auctioned off for charity.
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

Tickets to parties in the closet are auctioned off for charity.

Hundreds upon hundreds of pairs of shoes adorn the walls of the closet's second floor which also has a champagne bar and hair and make up salon
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

Hundreds upon hundreds of pairs of shoes adorn the walls of the...

Jewelry is housed on the first floor, and is that a tub we see in the background? Well, why not?
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

Jewelry is housed on the first floor, and is that a tub we see in...

Roemer told the Neiman Marcus blog that these antique ceremonial contract bracelets, used for marriage ceremonies in the Indian culture are some of her favorite items. They belonged to her husband’s mother.
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

Roemer told the Neiman Marcus blog that these antique ceremonial...

Roemer said she first got the idea for the 3,000 square foot closet when party guests bemoaned the small size of previous dressing rooms.
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

Roemer said she first got the idea for the 3,000 square foot closet...

The gigantic closet includes many designer perfumes. Some events have also featured private demonstrations by perfumer and Hennessy heir Kilian Hennessey.
Photo: Chinh Phan, Chinh Phan/Neiman Marcus

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Theresa Roemer's luxury 3,000 foot closet recently appeared on Good Morning America. Roemer fears the publicity made her a target for thieves who stolen an estimated $800,000 - $1 million in bags, furs, jewelry and watches, she says.
Photo: Scott Engle/Montgomery County Police Reporter

Montgomery County authorities hope video from an infrared security camera will help identify the jump-suited intruder who burgled a 3,000-square-foot closet in a mansion in TheWoodlands, stealing $1 million worth of luxury items.

Montgomery County investigators have released security video of a burglar - wearing a light-colored, hooded jump suit with a baseball cap - who last weekend broke into a giant closet in The Woodlands and stole around $1 million worth of designer bags, jewelry and watches.

The video, released Tuesday, shows the intruder swathed in light clothing, blending into the background as he picks through items in the closet as if it were a department store. The burglar dumps each item into a bag and is done in about nine minutes before exiting.

Theresa Roemer, whose giant three-story closet was cleaned out less than two weeks after it had been featured on ABC's "Good Morning America," said the video in the closet was shot with an infrared camera, because the intruder worked in the dark and never turned on the light.

"That's why it is so unclear and we can't tell the exact color of his clothing," she said after the video was released to the public.

She said she does not recognize the individual seen going through her belongings. "The one in my closet looked like he was shopping," Roemer said.

"I keep wondering, 'Who is this person? Has he been in my house before? Was it cased when it was being constructed?' It's just scary, very scary."

Bicyclist not involved

Sheriff Tommy Gage released the video early Tuesday afternoon in an attempt to generate leads about the nighttime theft, which has drawn nationwide attention.

Gage initially also released a separate security video from the day of the robbery, showing a person of interest lingering in front of the Roemers' home and talking on his cellphone after stopping his bicycle. But after that video was publicized by media outlets, the sheriff's office issued a news release Tuesday evening saying the individual shown was "not being considered as a suspect" and there was no need to further broadcast images or post video of him.

Brady Fitzgerald, spokesman for the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, said investigators established that the person in front of the home was a "kid visiting in the neighborhood."

The burglary occurred between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. Friday in the 40 block of Grand Regency Circle, in the upscale, gated Carlton Woods section of The Woodlands.

Deputies determined that the intruder had forced his way into the Roemers' home through a bathroom window.

Diamond jewelry, watches and designer purses were among the items stolen from the three-level, 3,000-square-foot designer closet that Roemer calls her "she cave."

Investigators have been scouring security video collected from the house.

"The video shows one suspect inside the residence wearing a jumpsuit and gloves," Fitzgerald said. He confirmed that the suspect spent almost an hour inside, relaying items back outside.

A burglar alarm installed in the house did not sound because, as Roemer acknowledged, it had not been set. She and her husband, who had gone out for dinner at the local country club, also neglected to lock the glass door that is designed to secure the closet with all their valuables inside.

More lights, cameras

Security experts say the intruder probably realized the alarm was off as soon as the window was broken.

"Most home alarms are not silent," said Chris McGoey of Crimedoctor.com, "If they enter a home and they don't hear an alarm they assume it's not set. I think they took a risk."

The Roemers have been picking up the pieces in their lavish 20,000-square-foot home but say they don't hold out much hope that the security video will lead to the identification of the thief, who may have been plotting the break-in since the day the designer goods treasure trove first appeared on TV.

Crime scene investigators did swab for DNA and fingerprint evidence.

After the video was released Tuesday, Theresa Roemer admitted feeling foolish for leaving her home so vulnerable by failing to lock the doors and turn on the alarm.

"I don't think anybody can go through life without doing something careless when they're flustered and hurried before leaving," she said. "But now I lock all my doors and have lights on, inside and out. The alarm is set, and I'm having more lights and cameras installed."

Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 award for information leading to an arrest or indictment in the case. Anyone with information is asked to call 800-392-STOP (7867).